To contact Hampshire Childcare and Family Information Team (Cfit)
Tel: 0845 603 5620
Monday to Friday 8:00am - 8:00pm, Saturday 9:30am - 4:00pm
Email: childcare@hants.gov.uk
Turning Schools Inside Out
Parent voice
Parent Voice is a specialist information and participation service
for parents and carers of children with disabilities and/or
additional needs in Hampshire. The aim is to provide families
with the right information at the right time, according to need, and
to enable families to have a say about local services. Please
click below for the latest Parent Voice Newsletter hot off the
press!
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Parent Voice Newsletter - June 2010 *New
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- April 2010
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for the Aiming High Short Break Information Events - June 2010
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Welcome to the 2010 - Third Edition of the new and improved Directory of Leisure & Recreational Activities for Children and Young People with Special Needs
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As you may already know, the Government has decided to cancel all the FYT Pathfinder programmes across England as part of its current public spending review; the FYT-PUSH offices therefore will be closing at the end of September. However, there is much good work to be delivered between now and then as we have been allowed to honour the many written and legally binding commitments that we already had in place. This means that some 130 projects will be delivered over the next 6 months benefiting large numbers of children, families and young people.
PUSH Find Your Talent Newsletter - May 2010
PUSH Find Your Talent Newsletter - March 2010
PUSH Find Your Talent Newsletter - January 2010
PUSH Find Your Talent Newsletter - November 2009
The first PUSH Find Your Talent newsletters have arrived - these newsletters provide a wonderful snapshot of a huge range of cultural activities taking place across the area. Please take a visit the web site to read news about Raising Inspirations in Gosport & Portchester in partnership with our friends at Ashcroft Arts Centre.
To view the video from our first anniversary conference held at Ashcroft Arts Centre in November 2009, and to see how young people from Portchester Community School participated in the event please visit: PUSH Find your Talent - First Anniversary.
Hampshire Childcare and Family Information Team (Cfit)
Hampshire 'Cfit' is a free, confidential and impartial childcare and early education information service for parents and carers. We provide information on childcare, early education and related services in Hampshire for children and young people aged 0 -19 (including those with additional needs).
*New* Cfit Newsletter Issue 10 (July – September 2010) *New*
To contact Hampshire Childcare and Family Information Team (Cfit)
Tel: 0845 603 5620
Monday to Friday 8:00am - 8:00pm, Saturday 9:30am - 4:00pm
Email: childcare@hants.gov.uk
*New* Hampshire Teenage Pregnancy Partnership Newsletter July 2010 *New*
Hampshire Teenage Pregnancy Partnership Newsletter December 2009
Hampshire Teenage Pregnancy Partnership Newsletter October 2009
Hampshire Teenage Pregnancy Partnership Newsletter February 2009
Hampshire Teenage Pregnancy Partnership Newsletter December 2008
Carers' Week 14th - 20th June 2010
Think about Young Carers During Carers' Week
Please follow link to our web page where you can now find one carers' week poster for professionals and one carers' week poster for young people.
Wishing you all the best for your Carers' Week 2010 events
Purple News
The Newsletter for Young Carers
This is the tenth edition of The Purple News, the newsletter for young carers. In this festive edition you can find out about what the NYCF have been up to, the meeting of the new Hampshire Young Carers Forum, young carers having a say at a parliamentary reception and the usual features from young carers across the country.
You are also welcome to access the first edition of The Include Project, Young carers affected by HIV, National E-Newsletter below: December 2009For practitioners (and schools. youth clubs etc.) with contact with young carers, you may also be interested in taking a look at the Include Project e-Bulletin for practitioners from the Children's Society. Please click here to view the latest edition: December 2009.
Advice for Community Groups on Reclaiming Empty Properties
Self Help Housing has launched a new website that provides people with the tools to take on and make use of, the increasing number of empty properties in our cities, towns and villages. The site has lots of information on how to get organised, how to get hold of and borrow empty properties from their owners, where to go for funding, how to organise any necessary repairs, how to use volunteers, how to turn renovating properties into a training opportunity, plus a bank of specimen and template documents.
The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) is an early assessment of a child that is used across all professionals and agencies. All staff who provide and/or assess services to children/young people and their families, and have already been identified by the school/ agency as required to conduct the assessment will need to attend this one day training course. Keep an eye on this page for forthcoming CAF Completer courses.
Two leaflets are available to professionals to explain the CAF process; one for parents and carers and one for children and young people. Please feel free to download your copies below:
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To download an advertising poster promoting the new Hampshire Families web site at your organisation please click below:
As you may be aware, the former Hampshire Children & Family Forum has now been disbanded but please find the web link below to our fantastic "Making the Most of Summer" Fareham 2009 Directory and the more specialised county directory for parents who have a child with additional needs. They are still full of useful local information for local families.
Making the Most of Summer - Fareham 2009
Support for Families with Children/Young People with Additional Needs
ContinYou South East
Extended Services Newsletter
ContinYou is one of the UK's leading community learning organisations. Please click below to view the newsletters for our region, with details about forthcoming conferences, funding sources and regional and national news updates that may affect our schools and learning communities.
This pdf booklet from ContinYou explains how your school can maximise the impact of its study support programme as a key part of its extended schools provision. For advice on utilising your breakfast club for additional study support, then please feel free to download these useful guides: Breakfast Movers, Breakfast Readers & Lets Cook. For more ideas for extended school activities, and lots of free downloadable guides and resources, then please take a visit to ContinYou's excellent web site.
The Children's Society Hampshire Newsletter
'Think Young Carers'
The Children's Society Include Project is home to The National Young Carers Initiative & Hampshire Young Carers Initiative which promotes good practice for young carers and their families. Please take the opportunity to visit the web site to view the publications and posters for young carers for display in schools, community spaces and surgeries.
Contact list for Hampshire Young Carers Alliance
The following are some fabulous new web sites for signposting to parents via school web sites and newsletters:
Parent Channel TV
Parentchannel TV is a free website for parents of 5-19 year olds that offers expert advice on parenting through helpful short videos.
Website for parents of teenagers: www.gotateenager.org.uk
The Portchester consultation found that many parents lost an important school gate network of help and support when their children moved on to secondary school. With this in mind, please take a chance to visit the new website for parents of teenagers funded by the DCSF, under the Parent Know-How Scheme. A quick link to this website would be an ideal way for developing your extended services signposting service through your secondary school website - perhaps you could even consider adding a 'parents corner' on your school e-newsletters...?
See more details about the Parent Know-How Scheme in the July 2008 publication: Parent Know-How Directory
This is a free of charge and confidential “text” service that parents can use to receive useful tips and information via their mobile phones by texting 84400 with one of these key words; Anger, Alcohol, Bullying, Divorce, Drugs, Sex, Smoking
Please download your advertising cards here for signposting to parents: B4UFLIPTXT
Launch of ChildLine online counselling service
ChildLine is the UK's free, confidential helpline for children and young people. Trained volunteers are on hand to provide advice and support, by phone and online, 24 hours a day. Whenever and wherever children need us, we'll be there. This autumn 2009 sees the national launch of this new online counselling service. When a child has a worry they desperately need to talk about, there should be no obstacles to prevent them getting the help they need. A fear of struggling for words, or of crying, should not stop them from speaking out.
Aiming High for Disabled Children
The Government programme to develop better short break opportunities and access to extended services for disabled children, young people, their parents and carers is supported by additional grant funds from 2009/10. Please find attached the briefing notes dated January 2009.
Aiming High - Briefing Notes January 2009
Hampshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) is committed to ensuring that people across the county know more about their local NHS services. To help achieve this, a new bulletin has been produced especially for people living in south east Hampshire. The bulletin has been developed in partnership with Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust and Portsmouth City Teaching PCT.
The PCT is keen for the bulletin to reach as many people as possible in the Gosport, Fareham, Havant, Waterlooville, Petersfield and Emsworth areas. Please feel free to download this bulletin for distribution throughout your organisation below:
Hampshire Primary Care Trust Bulletin
During June and July 2008, the Citizen's Advice documented true accounts of families trying to make ends meet. These stories have been produced in a report: "This is Child Poverty" I would urge all of our stakeholders to read this important document available for download below:
Please also take the opportunity to visit the Citizen's Advice web site to view their Adding Up Campaign to reduce the hidden costs of education at: http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/index/campaigns/current_campaigns/addingupcampaign.htm
Another very useful discussion paper regarding aspiration and attainment (December 2008) amongst young people is available (in pdf format) for stakeholders to download below. Article 4 gives an overview of how extended services (and other Government initiatives) attempts to raise young people's aspirations and close the achievement gap
Aspiration and attainment amongst young people in deprived neighbourhoods
The report below provides information on the Children and Young Person's Plan (CYP) for Fareham and the progress made against the agreed priorities. This information has been provided by the Council and our CYP Partner organisations.
Report To The Community Review Panel - CYP Fareham December 2008
Pockets of Deprivation in Fareham 2007 Report
Stay in touch!
Do you want to keep up to date on all of the latest news and developments for children and young people? Then please sign up for Children and Young People now bulletins by following the link below and clicking the "News by E-mail" tab at the top of the page:
To receive regular updates from the Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) on all of the themes surrounding integrated working such as the Common Assessment Framework (CAF), information sharing, lead professional role, multi-agency working and common core of skills and knowledge for the children's workforce, sign up for the new e-newsletter below:
Children's Workforce Development
CWDC's sample e-newsletter for lead professionals - February 2009
Do you work in the voluntary & community sector with children and young people? Sign up to The Alliance for information about free training opportunities, regular e-bulletins...and lots more beside. See the Alliance website below for more details of how to receive Ian Milson's blog:
Schools and organisations signposting information to children, young people and their families (including family learning and arts events) can sign up to receive regular updates from Hampshire Showcase news and events. Sign up at:
To receive regular updates from Sport Hampshire & IOW for details of special events, coaching opportunities, volunteering and funding sources (plus lots more to support our healthy schools) sign up at:
To support your rich and varied menu of outdoor activities, please feel free to download past and the latest edition of Hampshire's Out There magazine, produced by Hampshire County Outdoor Service:
Sign up for the Fitter Families newsletter to be sent directly to your inbox from Fit For Sport. View a sample newsletter below. The Fit for Sport site is well worth a visit as it also contains a useful section for extended schools including training opportunities for school sports coordinators.
A free online, downloadable magazine for young people, Ruckus is produced by the National Youth Agency and contains a wealth of articles written for young people by young people. See the latest edition for articles by Jason Robinson on playing Rugby, becoming a Youth Worker and Sam Stern on cooking....and much more besides! Download Ruckus by clicking the link below - or join the mailing list for regular updates by clicking the Ruckus logo to sign up at the web site:
Scotland seem to be ahead of the game (and no jokes about their football team please!) The Scottish Government commissioned the Playfield Institute (NHS Scotland), Barnado's and the University of Dundee to develop a website that provides practical information and techniques on how to respond helpfully to children and young people's troubling behaviour, build up their self esteem and promote positive mental well-being. It is such a fabulous resource for all practitioners working with children and young people, that I thought it was worth a popping a link to the website here.
Lockdown is a magazine written by, and aimed at, young offenders. Back copies can be downloaded at: JYB, and this informative site contains lots of useful information about the youth justice system and includes details about Youth Inclusion Projects, Safer School Partnerships, Mentoring and Parenting programmes.
Parenting Practitioners can sign up for a fortnightly e-newsletter to be sent directly to their inbox from the National Academy for Parenting Practitioners. Keep updated on the latest research, news reports and training opportunities. To view a sample newsletter please click below:
The DCSF have produced a toolkit to help our partners communicate the Children's Plan. Rather than include the entire toolkit, which includes digital resources, factsheets (and a bright and colourful copy of the Children's Plan written for young people) I thought it would be simpler to offer a quick link to all of the available resources on the DCSF website below:
The Children’s Plan (2007) sets out the expectation that all schools will provide access to the core offer of extended services by 2010, including swift and easy access (SEA) to targeted and specialist services. The Every Child Matters website contains a set of useful factsheets for schools, parents and practitioners surrounding the theme of integrated services and again, rather than include all of the factsheets here, please click the link below to download those that you feel may be most appropriate:
The Starting School project is part of the wider Department for Education and Skills (DfEF) programme for developing parenting support through extended schools. These transition information sessions for parents contribute to the overall school improvement plan and Ofsted self evaluation form - it also formed part of our recent audit for extended services full core offer. For more information on running the starting schools project and to download the useful supporting factsheets please see:
Starting Schools Information Sessions for Parents
THE PORTCHESTER EXTENDED SERVICES AND CHILDREN'S CENTRE CONSULTATION REPORT
please click the links below to download the final report
Portchester Consultation Report Summary
Portchester Consultation Full Report
The Action Plan for 2009/10 is always work in progress, but for a quick look through the vision and priorities for our partnership group, please feel free to download the final copy now available below.
Portchester and Cams Hill Cluster Revised Draft Action Plan 2007-2010
CAPP Governors Report for 2008 - 2009
*New!* Extended Services - a Quick Guide for Governors *New!*
Click here for the last edition of the PORTCHESTER People
FURTHER CONSULTATION & RESEARCH DOCUMENTS - Including Local Indicators
Statistics reveal that Fareham has low numbers of people from ethnic minorities and the community has been slow to adapt services to meet their needs. However, with the prospect of major development in the area over the coming years, there is a need to ensure that authorities and organisations act now to ensure their services are fully inclusive in time for the influx of new people. Download this interesting report below:
Fareham Diversity Report February 2008
If you are interested in data about education and schools in Fareham Borough then please take a visit to the DCSF "In Your Area Website" where you can find a range of education and skills statistics. The link below will take you directly to the Fareham databank:
Education and Skills - Fareham
For information about health and well-being in Fareham then please feel free to download the 2009 Fareham Health Profile:
*New* Health Profile - Fareham 2009 *New*
For a brief summary of this report please take a visit to the Association of Public Health Observatories:
For information about the Portchester Safer Neighbourhood Team and to view their priorities for East Fareham, please visit:
For the latest research data (January 2008) regarding anti-social behaviour in this area, the following short report will offer an in-depth analysis of rowdy behaviour and criminal damage. Please note that although it is marked 'restricted' it has been cleared for the partnership's use. Please take the opportunity to read the conclusion as it offers evidence to support the extended services priorities for youth provision in our area (and may be useful to support evidence of need when you write your applications for the ES funding too!)
Safer Neighbourhood Police Report
For specific crime statistics in Fareham then take a visit to CADDIE:
To view performance indicators for Fareham (which can be broken down into policing areas) please take a visit to the Hampshire Constabulary web site at:
Police Performance Indicators - Fareham
For an overview of the Safer School Partnership please see the document below (please note however that this should not be construed as Hampshire Constabulary Policy and may not be indicative of how the SSP has been implemented in other areas).
Report to the Community Review Panel dated 14 November 2007. Research findings into activities of what young people in Fareham do in their spare time. Secondary schools and community groups may find this useful for identifying existing provision in the area and the young people who are accessing these activities. This also provides quite a useful directory of what's available to young people in the Fareham area!
From April 2008 all local authorities have a new legislative duty to secure sufficient childcare for all parents who chose to use it in their area. As part of this all local authorities have undertaken a "childcare sufficiency assessment" which maps the supply of childcare and assesses the demand. Below is the very useful childcare sufficiency report for the Borough of Fareham.
Hampshire Childcare Sufficiency Survey
For an overview of Fareham Borough Council's Play Strategy for Fareham 2007 please see the report below. The play strategy links strongly with the key outcomes for Every Child Matters.
Fareham Borough Council Play Strategy 2007
Another useful
document that relates very strongly to our partnership's vision and
action plan regarding "A Space To Enjoy Childhood" and Fareham Borough
Council's Play Strategy shown above, is the Department for Children,
Schools and Families "Fair Play" Document. This consultation sets
out Government's proposals on play, structured around the priorities
identified by research and through consultation with parents, play
experts, and children published April 2008.
Fair Play: A Consultation on the Play Strategy 2008
For more data about Fareham such as population, health and housing then take a visit to the Office of National Statistics. A link is provided below to the Fareham data set:
Hampshire Children's Information Service (CIS) provide an invaluable free and impartial signposting service for families and carers to childcare and early education. Since February 2008 CIS call enquires are now being dealt with by Hantsdirect, The Hampshire County Council's contact centre on helpline number 0845 603 5620. The CIS has produced a useful newsletter for organisations to share changes occurring in Children's Services in Hampshire, and their newsletters are now available for you to view below:
Hampshire Children's Information Service (CIS) Newsletter October 2009
Hampshire Children's Information Service (CIS) Newsletter April-June 2009
Hampshire Children's Information Service (CIS) Newsletter January-March 2009
Hampshire Children's Information Service (CIS) Newsletter July-September 2008
Hampshire Children's Information Service (CIS) Newsletter April-June 2008
The EECU also offer a FREE advertising service to all childcare providers in Hampshire to help recruit new staff. Please download the instructions on how to complete the online form and further details below:
Advertising with the Early Education and Childcare Unit
For the very latest News about Children's Centres and Extended Schools (and for a very useful list of all of the Hampshire ESCOs), please feel free to browse through the latest edition of the SureStart Extended School Newsletter below:
Children's Centres, Extended Schools & Parenting Newsletter Summer 2009
Children's Centre & Extended School Newsletter Autumn 2008
Children's Centre & Extended School Newsletter Summer 2008
Children's Centre & Extended School Newsletter Spring 2008
Parentline Plus Newsletter October 2009
Parentline Plus Newsletter February 2009
An important consideration for the extended services partnership relates to INCLUSION and ensuring FULL ACCESS to extended school activities and children's centres for disabled children, young people and their families. The following development manual offers clear guidance for extending inclusion and gives clear references to statutory duties through The Education & Inspections Act 2006, The Disability Discrimination Act, 1995 & 2005, The Childcare Act 2006 & The Children's Act 2004. Please download your copy below:
Extending Inclusion: A Development Manual
The following short report summarises the findings of research into the strategic development of the extended services agenda in and around the special schools in Hampshire:
For parents of children with special needs and professionals working alongside them, there is plenty of useful information in the Linklines Newsletter. If you meet parents who may benefit from receiving these newsletters regularly, then please feel free to contact Fiona Hall, Joint Information Link Coordinator, Children's Services Department at Hampshire County Council. Please see the newsletter for further contact details.
Linklines Newsletter Issue 19 - June 2009
Linklines Newsletter Issue 18 - March 2009
Linklines Newsletter Issue 17 - January 2009
Linklines Newsletter Issue 15 - October 2008
Linklines Newsletter Issue 14 - August 2008
Cerebra Newsletter - January 2009
Parent Voice offers a fantastic new service for parents and carers with a child with additional needs in Hampshire. The local information hub for Fareham, Gosport and Havant is located here in West Street, just a few minutes walk from my office at Community Action Fareham. To find out all about the services Parent Voice offer, and to see details of how to find our new information 'hub' then please take a visit to the new web site by clicking the logo above.
